0.50 Pesetas Murcia

Features

Issuer	Municipality of Murcia (Province of Murcia)
Period	Second Republic (1936-1939)
Type	Emergency banknotes
Year	1937
Value	50 Centimos (0.50 ESP)
Currency	Peseta (1936-1939)
Composition	Paper
Size	90 × 70 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 292405
References	Gari Mon# 983-A Andreu Garí Berges, Juan Montaner Amorós; 2016. Los billetes: Billetes municipales (guerra civil española) 1936-1939 = The banknotes (2^nd Edition). Expo Galería.

Obverse

Central image of a man with a pickaxe and a soldier with a bayonet shaking hands, in the background the local coat of arms, palm trees and a bridge

Script: Latin

Lettering:
0'50
EL AYUNTAMIENTO DE MURCIA
PAGARA AL PORTADOR EN BILLETES DEL BANCO DE ESPAÑA
LA CANTIDAD DE 0'50 PESETAS

Translation:
The City Council of Murcia
Will pay the bearer in banknotes of the Bank of Spain
The amount of 0.50 Pesetas

Reverse

Central image of worker with hammer on anvil and soldier with bayonet, Spanish Republic coat of arms between columns

Script: Latin

Lettering:
0'50
REPUBLIA ESPAÑOLA
50 CENTIMOS
MURCIA FEBRERO 1937

Translation:
Spanish Republic
50 Centimos
Murcia February, 1937

Comments

Local Spanish Civil War banknotes: Created by municipalities, cooperatives, unions and other organizations due to the scarcity of fiduciary currency in small purchases and exchanges during the Spanish Civil War.

Municipality: Murcia - Province: Murcia - Autonomous community: Region of Murcia

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1937-Feb												1st Issue

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